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'The Sensory War 1914 - 2014' An exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery

11 October 2014 - 22 February 2015
The Sensory War, 1914-2014 exhibition opened in October at the Manchester Art Gallery. It is the result of a four-year curatorial partnership between Dr Ana Carden-Coyne (Centre for…

Africa's Information Revolution: Rhetoric and Reality (Devt@man seminar series)

16:30 - 18:00 17 February 2015
Devt@man seminar series: Africa's Information Revolution: Rhetoric and Reality, Professor Padraig Carmody (Trinity College Dublin). Development@Manchester is the flagship seminar series…

All-Aboard the Poo-Poo Choo-Choo: Biosolids, Public Health, and Environmental Justice in Post-War America - Graham Mooney

13:00 - 14:00 17 February 2015
This seminar is part of the lunchtime seminar series for the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (CHSTM). Lunchtime seminars are typically no more than 30 minutes…

B.15:45 Architecture modelmaking exhibition: Celebrating 45 years of the B.15 modelmaking workshop

1 September 2014 - 31 December 2015
2015 marks 45 years of the Kantorowich B.15 modelmaking workshop at The University of Manchester. The B.15:45 exhibition is a retrospective look at the last 45 years of modelmaking…

Baby Explorers

11:00 - 14:30 17 February 2015
Tues 17 Feb, 11am-2.30pm. Half term drop-in sensory play sessions for babies who aren't walking yet.

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Denise Riley (UEA): On the Lapidary Style

17:00 - 19:00 17 February 2015
All welcome, no booking required. 'The lapidary style' suggests a manner of writing which runs close to working a material – carving lettering into rock, cutting a gem into fine facets.…

Clash Narratives in Context: What Really Drives the Science and Religion Debate

16:00 - 17:00 17 February 2015
This seminar is part of the CHSTM Seminars Series Feb-May 2015. …

Drop in craft activities

10:00 - 17:00 17 February 2015
2015 is year of the sheep! Come and celebrate Chinese New Year in the Library with exciting family friendly activities for all ages.

February half term - Meet the Expert

16 - 20 February 2015
A chance to meet one of our resident scientific and engineering experts, find out about their work and quiz them about what they do and their knowledge of Jodrell Bank. If you…

February half term – Solar System hands on activities

16 - 20 February 2015
Come along to try some science experiments for yourself. You will be able to find out about volcanoes on Mars, how gravity varies from planet to planet and why Saturn floats! This…

February half term – Solar System Science Show

16 - 20 February 2015
Come to our exciting Solar System science show and watch our demonstrations to discover why Venus is such a dangerous place to go, taking an everyday object to Neptune is not such a…

Half-term activities – Living Worlds

11:00 16 - 16:00 20 February 2015
Mon 16-Fri 20 Feb, 11am-4pm. Be inspired by the butterflies and other flying animals on display in our Living Worlds gallery and create your very own paper butterflies and animals…

Jesús Gómez (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid): 'La comicidad dialógica de Sancho Panza en el Quijote de 1615' (in Spanish)

17 February 2015
Part of our Spanish and Portuguese Seminar Series. Abstract: Algunas diferencias entre las dos partes del Quijote. La reacción de la escritura cervantina frente al apócrifo de Avellaneda.…

Later-Day Saints

23 January - 28 June 2015
Our ancestors often relied on their beliefs to make sense of their world - is there an equivalent in our modern world of celebrity and material culture? Later-Day Saints brings the…

Loving Illumination - Paintings of Light

4 December 2014 - 29 March 2015
In this exhibition artist Judith Hurst explores the interconnectivity of science, maths, religion and art. Working on vellum, and using inlays of exotic wood and precious metals, Judith…

Merchants of Print: from Venice to Manchester

29 January - 21 June 2015
This exhibition celebrates the legacy of Aldus Manutius (1449 – 1515), an Italian humanist scholar who founded the Aldine Press at Venice. His publishing legacy includes scholarly…

Model Diagnostics and transformations

13:00 - 15:00 17 February 2015
Booking will open at 9am on 5 February This session introduces model diagnostics and data transformation techniques that can be used on numeric response variables (interval and count…

Romuald Hazoumè: Dance of the Butterflies

14 February - 29 July 2015
Dance of the Butterflies is a stunning new art work by one of Africa’s foremost contemporary artists Romuald Hazoumè. It features swarms of multicoloured ‘butterflies’ which will take…

Siberia: At the Edge of the World

4 October 2014 - 1 March 2015
Until 1 March 2015. The first exhibition of its kind in the UK, Siberia: At the Edge of the World brings together natural history and cultural objects from British and Russian museums,…

The Importance of LGBT History

17:00 - 19:00 17 February 2015
Sarah Prager, an American activist on LGBTQ issues, will present her unique thoughts on why LGBTQ history matters and how everybody can take part in it. Come learn interesting stories…

Unusual Views: Library tours for photographers

11:00 - 12:00 17 February 2015
Take the opportunity to photograph the Library building from spectacular viewpoints not normally open to the public!

Accommodation Tour

10:30 - 12:00 18 February 2015
Want to have a look at your potential future home? We run accommodation tours of some of our halls of residence on Wednesday mornings between October and March. Please arrive at the…

Bacterial RNA and DNA interference

12:00 - 13:00 18 February 2015
Part of the Leaders in Science Lectures

CIDRAL Theory Intensive: On the Affect of Language (with Denise Riley)

10:00 - 12:00 18 February 2015
All welcome, no booking required. CIDRAL Theory Intensive On the Affect of Language with Denise Riley (UEA), Jackie Stacey (CIDRAL) and Janet Wolff (EAC) Readings: Riley, Denise,…

Drop in craft activities

10:00 - 17:00 18 February 2015
2015 is year of the sheep! Come and celebrate Chinese New Year in the Library with exciting family friendly activities for all ages.

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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